Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, Jan. 8, 1917 [January 8, 1917] 8, 1917 Wea [Weather]
Fair
Sunny & overcast by turns. Comparatively
mild but chilly. Light westerly wind.
  Garden birds: A White-throated Sparrow,
a Jay & a [male] Flicker together & within a
yard of one another in birch grove, on a
small patch of bare ground, searching for
food among fallen leaves & tossing them
about. This at 9 A.M. 10 or more House
Sparrows about the place all day.
  Worked on Concord field notes most
of day & read extracts from spring ones
this evening at Nuttall Club meeting
which was attended by eighteen members
including one old-time Secretary,
White, and Mr. Goldman who has
come from New York & Washington to
study mammals in Mus. Comp. Zool. [Museum of Comparative Zoology]
Townsend, Murdock, both Allens & Deanes,
Judge Jenny, Oliver A. Lothrop, Charlie
Lamb & several others were also present.
My notes seemed to interest everyone &
were followed by some discussion, after 
which the usual local reports were made.

Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, Jan. 9, 1917 [January 9, 1917] Wea [Weather]
Fair
Mild & damp. Not much wind. Sun
shining dimly or not at all in partially
overclouded sky. Rain falling gently after
dark.
  Garden birds. A White-throat [White-throated Sparrow] & about a
Dozen House Sparrows seen, a Crow & a
Downy Woodpecker heard.
The Parkman's apple tree has been almost
completely stripped of its superabundant
crop of fruit by Purple Flickers & Squirrels.
I have not seen any of these in it for
several days past. House Sparrows are
beginning to attack night shade berries in
vines close to my window. The Peabody birds
have been eating them sparingly for weeks.
  Still working on Concord notes &
correspondence. Interrupted at 2.45 P.M.
by Martin & his employer Mackuffer who
importuned me to invest in their mine
enterprise which I declined to do. They
stayed an hour. Smith Dexter called later. 
Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert] motored C. [Caroline Brewster] to Watertown & back. 
E. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] read aloud in hall after supper.